Actress (Darren Cunningham) — one of the preeminent and most singular voices in UK electronic music returns with new album LXXXVIII, released on 3rd November on Ninja Tune. The conceptual groundwork for the coming album is built on a game of chess, each track named for a particular piece. With each thoughtful move the game grows and develops over time - something we can hear reflected throughout the album’ textured and delicate layers.
The release follows 2022’s mesmerizing Dummy Corporation EP, which placed Actress firmly back in the center of underground club culture. Prior to that his 2020 album Karma & Desire — which saw guest collaborations from Mercury Prize winner Sampha, Zsela and Aura T-09 — received widespread acclaim, with The Guardian commenting the album “cements his place as one of the great poets of club
culture”.
Tracklisting:
1. Push Power ( a 1 )
2. Hit That Spdiff ( b 8 )
3. Azd Rain ( g 1 )
4. Memory Haze ( c 1 )
5. Game Over ( e 1 )
6. Typewriter World ( c 8 )
7. Its me ( g 8 )
8. Chill ( h 2 )
9. Green Blue Amnesia Magic Haze ( d 7 )
10. Oway ( f 7 )
11. M2 ( f 8 )
12. Azifiziks ( d 8 )
13. Pluto ( a 2 )
Bonus 88 LP:
1. Blurring Celt
2. Chrome
3. Cyclo
4. DarkFuture
5. Every Action
6. Flute
7. INDEX
8. Insignia
9. iVoice
10. Karivra
11. Lovely Muffled Tones and Beat
12. Native
13. NSAWA
14. NTIONIC
15. Oslo
16. Oso
17. in the rain
18. Scattering
19. Spoon
20. Struct
21. Uptndown
22. Typ2
